Tooth and Nail: Plus Tooth 2!

Tongue and Groove Theatre dishes up vaudevillian punk in two odd and hilarious shorts

"...traditional formula to make vaudevillian punk. Mark Stewart and brothers Craig Matthew Staggs and Chase Staggs collaborated as if..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Arts Review by Patti Hadad

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...TITLESThe Awful Truth (1937; on DVD: Sony, $24.95): The Marx Brothers' Duck Soup director Leo McCarey helms. Cary Grant..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

A Monster Bash

Austin Studios will host a free outdoor screening this Saturday evening of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, which, despite its singular title, also manages to cram in both Dracula and the Wolfman.

"...the comedy teams. Hideous misfires starring the (long-forgotten) Ritz Brothers, the Bowery Boys (who initially got their start not..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Kid's Got Moxie!

Man of the Century director Adam Abraham talks about old-style Hollywood panache, the precarious nature of a career in independent cinema, and a little film that could -- and did.

"...greats of filmmaking past -- screwball comedies like the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera and Howard Hawks'..."

Dec. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Chronicle’s Complete Guide to the Minions

Your yellow pals, from Despicable Me to Rise of Gru

"...a visit to the Eastern European principality of Freedonia. Marx Brothers fans take note: Nothing here rivals that sublime..."

June 30, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Around 1917, the Marx Brothers bought a chicken farm in Countryside, Ill...."

Oct. 22, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

The Blue Starlite Drive-In’s New Restaurant-on-Wheels

Local drive-in movie chain debuts new custom menu and screens

"...Familiar, but out of the ordinary? Sounds perfectly in..."

Jan. 7, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Marc Savlov's Top 10 of 2020 in Film

"No cinematography necessary"

"...your social anxiety with cinematic comfort food: Hitch, the Marx Brothers, everything Cary Grant ever did. And then there..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Soup Peddler Bikes Into East Austin

Acclaimed eatery’s first location on the sunrise side of I-35

"...at the Alamo Drafthouse with a screening of the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup...."

Aug. 14, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The True Story of the Somewhat Lost Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Matthew McConaughey and Renée Zellweger star in this largely forgotten sequel

"...shocker; it is, but there's more than a little Marx Brothers to the mayhem at hand, all of which,..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas Book Festival’s Literary Libations Events Start This Week

Cocktails and books go together like poetry and pickle backs

"...at Austin Film Society, a special showing of the Marx brothers film The Cocoanuts, a 1929 musical taking place..."

Aug. 6, 2018 Food Post by Emily Beyda

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

August rolls in with a fresh batch of tunes to keep you busy this weekend

"...failed 1826 East Texas rebellion against Mexico or the Marx Brothers’ Duck Soup, Freedonia boasts a crack line-up exploring..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

The Ransom Center's "Vaudeville!"

This exhibition reveals how the history of that entertainment form is really the history of the U.S.

"...we associate with Hollywood: W.C. Fields, Fred Astaire, the Marx Brothers, Mae West, Milton Berle, Abbott and Costello, Sammy..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pocket Fishrmen Serve up Punk and ... Fish

What to expect at the punk cutups’ annual Fish Fry

"...suit you? This now leads to a blitzkrieg of Beatles/Marx Brothers free association...."

June 1, 2018 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Chronicle Recommends: War Movies

Movie picks for Memorial Day

"...The Marx Brothers skewered social and cultural institutions with a vigor..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paramount Gets Ready for Summer

43rd annual celebration of film fun on Austin's grandest screen

"...who cut their teeth on the stage, including the Marx Brothers (Monkey Business), W.C. Fields (The Bank Dick), Lena..."

May 15, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Soup Peddler Yellow-Bikes Its Way to 16 Years

David Ansel’s soup-delivery service thrives in the new Austin

"...complementary meatless gumbo for the vegans) to accompany the Marx Brothers’ classic Duck Soup...."

Feb. 21, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

BBC Names Top 100 Comedies of All Time

Film critics poll picks Some Like It Hot for top slot

"...classic Cold War satire, silent slapstick, romantic comedies, the Marx Brothers, Monty Python, and more. Here’s the list:..."

Aug. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin's Paramount Theatre Turns 100

As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever

"...the years. We know when we howl at the Marx Brothers onscreen now that earlier audiences of Austinites roared..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...$100 per week for a bit part in the Marx Brothers movie, Love Happy...."

Feb. 6, 2015 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Person of Interest

Meg Wolitzer's latest book tracks six characters through three decades of friendship

"...subway. There was a new print of an old Marx Brothers movie that we went to, and we went..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...The Marx Brothers did a silent movie in 1921 called Humor..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Everything Went Black: Hello, I Must Be Going ...

Black sabbatical!

"...film writing to begin with. (I'm starting with The Marx Brothers and working my way forward.)..."

Nov. 7, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Everything Went Black: Rewriting Sight & Sound's Top Ten

What, no Polanski?

"...accurate deconstruction of politics and war ever made. The Marx Brothers borrowed heavily from Dada, which makes Buñuel and..."

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

All Over Creation: Laugh Lines

A week of unexpected comic relief brought lessons in laugh-making

"...Richard Pryor, Albert Brooks, Tom Lehrer, Spike Jones, the Marx Brothers, Firesign Theatre, Monty Python, the casts of Saturday..."

April 6, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

A 'Fright Night' at The Opera

Stars of the remake get all Marx Brothers at the Drafthouse

"...good-natured trio were one good mirror gag from a Marx Brothers routine...."

Aug. 19, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Writer's Vision(s)

A playwright hallucinating crazed figures makes for a frenetic, fast-paced riot

"...humor keeps coming at you as frenetically as a Marx Brothers movie; his sensibility hits in the sweet spot..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Hot dogs, (unrelated) gas flares, and other savory tidbits

"...The 1957 film The Story of Mankind featured the Marx Brothers in their last film together. Groucho plays Peter..."

July 23, 2010 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...10pm, Encore Patio Though the band alludes to a Marx Brothers' film in name, Horse Feathers delivers gorgeously constructed..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Letters at 3AM: Critical to the Success

Pakistani public opinion runs strongly against the United States, even though our president insists we're partners fighting a common enemy

"...2, p.33). As if that weren't enough for a Marx Brothers script, "the government's lawyer" – so goes this..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

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